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Three interesting facts about Italian TV

Fact 1. The main broadcasters RAI and Mediaset were fined for showing too many commercials.

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Fact 2. Fewer people are watching television in Italy. (This fact is related to fact 1., most probably.)

Fact 3. 90% of television in Italy is utter rubbish. ( OK, so it’s not an ‘interesting’ fact, but it’s true – look at the above two facts.)

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